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Phenomenal consciousness and cognitive accessibility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2008

Michael Tye
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712. mtye@mail.utexas.eduhttp//www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/philosophy/faculty/tye

Abstract

Block tries to show that the results of the Sperling experiment lend support to the view that phenomenology outstrips cognitive accessibility. I argue that Block fails to make a compelling case for this general claim on the basis of the Sperling data.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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References

Sperling, G. (1960) The information available in brief visual presentations. Psychological Monographs: General and Applied 74(11, Whole No. 498):129. [Whole issue.]CrossRefGoogle Scholar